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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

The first step was to charter a research project with the Arizona State University statistics department to analyze which combination of metrics drives the highest market capitalization. The research project analyzed 1200 combinations of 180 metrics for four hundred companies for the period of 2010-2012. The result? The reason?

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

I began analyzing correlations of groups of metrics to market capitalization and found that the most significant correlation was between market capitalization and growth. Initially, I worked with Arizona State statistics professors and graduate students to correlate market factors to 2006-2012 data.)

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

If you thought it was difficult to find good drivers before the 2020 pandemic, try finding drivers of any caliber afterwards. You can also build metrics to support your hiring practices, making sure you’re paying drivers what they’re worth to inhibit churn, enhance acceptance rates or stem the tide of driver turnover.

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U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index Drops to an All Time Low in May

Supply Chain Matters

not only described as a “ significant rate of contraction ,” but also the first time that this particular metric has reached such a low level. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

contraction threshold which is noted as the first time this has occurred since the depths of the global pandemic in 2020. On the other hand, transportation metrics continue their slowed pace, reaching the second highest level of capacity growth, and the third fastest rate of price contraction in the history of the index. for September.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a July 2022 value of 60.7,

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W. Chaturvedi: So far this year, Ohio, Arizona and Tennessee have seen the most job announcements associated with reshoring. Texas has dropped from 2nd in 2020 to 13th in 2021. Carey School of Business.